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Filming Permit Applications Plummet Due to Fires but the City Is ‘Open for Business,’ Says FilmLA
FilmLA releases its fourth quarter report with shooting days on the rise. However, the L.A. wildfires send permit applications dipping.
Speaking with Variety, Phillip Sokoloski, VP of integrated communications said, “At the end of 2024 I think what we could say is absent any other impacts, what we were beginning to observe was the stabilization and the level of work that is happening in greater L.A. People have asked for months now what the new normal would be, and I think we’ve approached the bottom and are now looking at what business growth may be possible in 2025.” Permit application volume over that same period is down about 80% so folks are taking a cautious approach to the resumption of filming.” He adds, that filming is returning to studio lots that have controlled environments. Producers were aided by the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program, which sustained 19.5 percent of all on-location TV Drama production.
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